DISCUSSION: Agenda items in accordance with Rocky Road Board process.
MOTION: John motioned to approve the agenda for this meeting.
MOTION SECONDED: Gary seconded the motion.
DISCUSSION: Prior
VOTE: Unanimous 4/0.
Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes:
DISCUSSION: Review and approval of previous minutes in accordance with
Rocky Road Board process.
MOTION: Sheldon motioned to approve the minutes for February 2026.
MOTION SECONDED: John seconded the motion.
DISCUSSION: Prior
VOTE: Unanimous 4/0.
Officer’s Reports
President: John Howsden
Addressed the annual herbicide spraying wrap up and noted the
conversation that Mark Andersen and Ryan at Anchor had with one of the
homeowners (in the field) during one of the days we were spraying.
John acknowledged the report that Mark offered regarding the homeowner’s
grievance over the roadside spraying and that Mark invited him to come
to this board meeting. John also stated the spraying is incumbent upon
Rocky Road as our district’s right of way areas for weed control as fire
break as this falls within our purview each year.
We will be examining how we can leverage our website process regarding
the roadside spraying policy for those that wish to opt out of the
roadside spraying.
This opt out process may also place accountability to the homeowner to
maintain in lieu of Rocky Road spraying and alert Cal Fire for that
homeowner responsibility. We will have more discussions on this topic
and updates to follow regarding the process of opting out for annual
roadside herbicide spraying.
Director: Sheldon Toso
Sheldon thanked Rocky Road team for completing the roadside herbicide
spraying and signage on behalf of our district homeowners. We did have a
tighter window to achieve during this season having a bit more
unpredictable rainfall and wanted to install permanent signs in our
district to offer a more convenient way for homeowners to opt out but
also be aware of Rocky Road services.
Sheldon also recommended best practices with public policy given more
notice and clear ways of being able to communicate with the Board. Case
in point with the opt out herbicide roadside spraying signs in place, he
was in favor of having the forms and process easily accessible on the
Rocky Road website.
Director/Secretary: Gary Arneson
Reiterated his commitment to producing a customized form that can be
accessible from our website for subsequent opt out processes for
herbicide spraying and agreed that homeowner would be assuming the
liability risk and Cal Fire would be notified of those that wish to opt
out of our annual weed spray effectively then responsible for
maintaining weed control on District’s right of way in front of their
property.
Curt Director/Treasurer:
Financials, Umpqua Bank
Public Funds Checking: $1,285.69
Money Market: $134,372.99
Interest income: $221.38
Curt also restated our commitment to road repairs this year and
emphasized the urgency and focus needed beyond potholes but also urged
the attention to grading and water runoff and most importantly crack
sealing to prevent future road dig outs that might arise. Curt noted
crack sealing and other expenses exceed our annual budget so that these
preventative care measures would need to take place over the span of
multiple years. He underlined the priority of crack sealing this year
with top sealing in the future to extend the life of the roadways.
Sheldon concurred with crack sealing as a priority and noted the
expense and the need to schedule the work over multiple years schedule
given the cost associated.
Sheldon also restated Curt’s descriptions of the conditions that can
accelerate the degradation of our roads. Some of these factors also
include heavy-duty trucks, i.e., propane trucks, garbage trucks and
construction trailers that are prevalent in our district.
Unfinished Business
AGENDA ITEM: Posting RRCSD’s procedures on the website for individual
property owners that wish to opt out of roadside herbicide spraying.
We’re discussing the process on how we can accomplish this over the next
couple of months and Gary will be on point for constructing a project plan
with updates on next steps for our April meeting.
New Business
AGENDA ITEM: Discussion on Succession Planning for RRCSD.
DISCUSSION: Gary cited the effort for it to be incumbent upon each
member to be thinking about recruiting and networking for prospective
board member applicants. Given the institutional knowledge that we have
among the board members individually and collectively and impending term
limits, we should build a network of potential successors to replace
those of us that depart the position.
It’s in the best interest of the community members/homeowners that we
have suitable, informed and trained successors that can take the place
of one or more of us active board members due to terms expiring,
relocation or other reasons that result in Board members abdicating
their positions.